For JACK (10), having a family is the most important thing in the world. Then, one day, his mother disappears. Read More »
Tag Archives: Chinese subtitles
Black Coal, Thin Ice AKA Bai ri yan huo (2014) Yi’nan Diao, Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei, Xuebing Wang
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders Read More »
Dust in the wind AKA Lian lian feng chen (1986) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-fen Hsin, Lawrence Ko
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day Read More »
Bells from the Deep AKA Glocken aus der Tiefe – Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993) Werner Herzog, Anna Hitch, Vissarion
What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? Read More »
Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano AKA Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (1977) Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Elena Solovey, Evgeniya Glushenko
Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general’s widow, Anna Petrovna. Read More »
Failan AKA Pairan (2001) Hae-sung Song, Min-sik Choi, Cecilia Cheung, Dae-Hoon Jeong
After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) immigrate to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Read More »
Legal Innocence AKA Yung see kei on (1993) Chuen-Yee Cha, Francis Ng, Cecilia Yip, Ivy Leung
Based on a true story. A female bible student corresponds with a couple that is sent to prison after a goopy body Read More »
Bloody Friday AKA Huet sing Friday (1996) Danny Ko, Simon Yam, Loletta Lee, Ada Choi
In Hong Kong, someone is murdering call girls every Friday night. Supercop Ko goes into action Read More »
Shinjuku Boys (1995) Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams, Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki
A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan Read More »
Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop AKA No hoi wai lung (1995) Bun Yuen, Biao Yuen, Cynthia Khan, Monsour Del Rosario
Three high-octane cops–an unorthodox one from Hong Kong, a straitlaced one from the Mainland Read More »
Fleeing by Night AKA Ye ben (2000) Li-Kong Hsu, Chi Yin, Rene Liu, Lei Huang, Chao-te Yin
Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Read More »
Go Home AKA Sheng dan jing mo (2002) Cheng-sheng Lin
Go Home tells the story of an old Peking Opera master, Zhang Jin He (Liu Pei Qi of The Story of Qiu Ju) Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang
Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »
Fate of a Man AKA Sudba cheloveka (1959) Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. Read More »
Home from the Sea AKA Furusato (1972) Yôji Yamada, Hisashi Igawa, Chieko Baishô, Chishû Ryû
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. Read More »